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Russians Are Strangely Stumped About Why Moscow Is Getting Bombed (www.thedailybeast.com)
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“Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?”

After six consecutive days of drone attacks on the Moscow region this week, one would think the shock of sudden late-night explosions might compel some Russians to consider what Ukrainian civilians have endured during 550 days of relentless Russian attacks.

Instead, some residents near the Russian capital have taken to social media to vent about the inconvenience of being woken up in the middle of the night, question why the “international community” isn’t coming to their rescue, and blame Ukrainian “terrorists” for targeting civilian areas. (Never mind that Moscow has repeatedly attacked residential areas in Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed drones.)

No injuries have been reported in the recent string of attacks, and Russian officials claim to have shot down most of the drones that they say caused only “minor damage” to a building in Moscow City and several broken windows elsewhere. Kyiv has not confirmed or denied involvement in the drone strikes.

Russian media widely covered the attacks, airing interviews with residents who showed off their broken windows.

“It was scary to go up to the window,” said one man recounting his shock to wake up and find his window shattered. “This is the first time anything like this has happened to me.”

Separately, he told Deutsche Welle, “At first, there was panic. I thought the building had been hit by a shell.”

“It’s very scary. What if it hits the house next time?” another resident told DW, noting that she has a young child in the home. “Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?” she asked, unironically.
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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 143 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"The ~~Nazis~~ Russians entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them."

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

entered? you spelt "started" wrong

[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

It’s a quote from a British officer during ww2 about the Nazis. OP just changed nazi to Russian.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Besides being a quote as the other chap pointed out, to enter something in this manner doesn't suggest they didn't also start it, it's quite acceptable grammatically.

Pip pip tally ho! *rides away into the sunset on Churchill's back"

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

"They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."

[–] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

you spelled "ruZZians" wrong